Posted by Frances Beinecke in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
Earlier this week, NRDC's China program director Barbara Finamore was at China's official state guesthouse--the same spot President Nixon stayed when he opened U.S.-China relations in 1972--when U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the United States and China...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
This Wednesday, President Obama will meet with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the White House to talk about climate change and energy issues. The word "expansion" may not appear on the official, diplomatic schedule, but I am certain it...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
It has been a good week in the Countdown to Copenhagen. We have seen a remarkable amount of climate action in the past few days, and if this pace keeps up, the United States might actually arrive at the international...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Tuesday I went to the White House to hear President Obama announce his plan to issue new greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. This plan, based on California's groundbreaking emissions law, makes everybody a winner. Drivers...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In his State of the Union address and his federal budget, President Obama championed incentives for cleaner vehicles, expanded public transit, and more American jobs. A couple of weeks ago, I saw one of the places where all three of...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
President Obama just announced that he wants the Environmental Protection Agency to move quickly to review the Bush administration's denial of the right of California and at least 13 other states to set global warming pollution standards for new cars....continued→
